The Mercer Island Rotary Club’s Inaugural Pickleball Tournament will highlight eight NEW pickleball courts at Mercer Island’s Luther Burbank Park. This round robin tournament will raise funds to support youth mental health and well-being, with 25% of net proceeds going to The Scooty Fund (https://scootyfund.org). The Scooty Fund is a nonprofit organization started by Kasey Taylor and Tara Neilson (MIHS class of 2011) in honor of Will Taylor (MIHS class of 2013) to promote emotional awareness, education and resources for young adults. The balance of the funds raised will be used to support cancer research, housing & food security, clean water, and other meaningful causes. Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self” and we hope you join us in christening the new pickleball courts while raising money to improve lives here and abroad.

Round Robin format (skill/age) WITH playoffs for Gold/Silver/Bronze for skills 3.0-4.5+. Age brackets will be determined following the close of registration, but will strive to be close to under 50 & 50+ events.

***Ratings:

• Even though DUPR is the only rating listed for public view, we are using DUPR only as a guideline. All rating systems have their pros and cons. Players will self-rate

• Please update your self-rating in your software profile before you register. You may only play up .5 from your self-rating

• If you feel that a player is playing out of their skill, please contact the tournament director using the "contact tourney" button. We will then evaluate tournament history and various ratings (including DUPR) to determine if a player/team needs to play at a different skill. Please be aware that this is a manual process and does not happen automatically

Using the Selkirk Pro S1 ball

All paddles must be USAP sanctioned tournament approved.

Friday - Women's Doubles

Saturday - Mixed Doubles

Sunday - Men's Doubles

Payment is required to register – Early registration $60 + event fees through May 15. Standard registration $75 + event fees through deadline of Aug 13. Beginning Aug 14 late registration will be $90 + event fees

Pricing is per person

Format:

ALL Round Robin with playoffs for Gold/Silver/Bronze. All games/matches are win by 2

Most Round Robins are 1 to 15 but may change based on the number of players in the event. If an event has 7 or 8 teams, round-robin matches will be 1 to 11 by 2.

Top 4 teams go to the playoff (Lead in matches are 1 to 15 with the Gold Match with the option of 2/3-11w/2 or 1 to 15. Bronze Match 1 to 15.

Tournament Director may combine brackets as needed to ensure quality play.

Tournament may close at any time if maximum daily numbers are met (even if some events appear to have openings)

Pickleball Is Great reserves the right to refuse service at anytime.

No refunds after deadline of Aug 13

All refunds will have a $15 refund fee

If any event is cancelled due to weather there will be up to a 50% refund